Tis the season for a multitude of games and new gaming
consoles. But this season is a special one with the introduction of the next
generation of gaming consoles. The consoles in question, The PS4 and the Xbox
1, have been highly anticipated and both boast their own type on special qualities
and advantages over there competitor. I will be explaining both, and I hope
this will allow you to pick a side.
The PS4 is
the next console that will be released by Sony. Following the trend of sticking
an ever growing number after the words PS (which stand for Play Station), this
new console will be the 4th in its line. Its predecessor, the PS3,
was met with very high praise for its free online capabilities and overall
superb graphic capabilities. The PS4 follows suit with this trend, boasting
some of the best graphical capabilities in the market today, only being
outclassed by computers which can cost 5-10 times as much. Not only making
gains in the visual department, the company boast a personal experience with
the console as well, with the PS4 tracking both the controller in a gamer's
hand, as well as their face. They also want you to experience the full effect
of the console without having to pay for it, and they offer almost all of their
online services (Netflix, online gameplay, and to play free to play games) for
free with no extra charge to the user. This feature has been consistent with
the PlayStation line, and will not change for this one. The PS4 will also be
able to play any used game from any outside source, be it your friends or a
game you bought for a lower price at a retail location such as GameStop or
Video Games Etc. The console will be shipping out in November this year and
will be priced modestly at $399.
In the
other corner lies the Xbox 1, which was made and designed by Microsoft. Like the
PS4, the Xbox 1 follows its predecessors footsteps in name, albeit ditching the
360 idea and dumbing it down to just 1. The Xbox 360 was the most popular/recognizable
console on the market, with its early access to games and DLC, to its iconic controller
and white sphere X marked logo. But how does the new Xbox compare with the PS4?
One of the main differences is price. Unlike its completion, the Xbox 1 will be
priced at $499, $100 more than its competition. This difference may not seem
like a huge leap, but to its target audience, high school/college students,
$100 is a pretty big increase on something that’s not a necessity. The Xbox 1
also had some extremely hard backlash from the gaming community, once mandating
a 24-hour online check in and restrictions on used games. These statements
became so controversial, that Microsoft had to quickly resolve and changed the
system to be compatible with used and games and got rid of the check in. Graphic
wise, the Xbox 1 matches the PS4 in strength and capacity, and includes a huge
500GB memory just to begin with, swamping the PS4’s measly 8GB space. It also
includes a build in blue ray player, the first of its kind in the Xbox line.
After
reading the facts about each console, I hope that you can decided which of them
you will be asking for Santa this year.
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